Blog - Best Web Developers in Burnaby (2026): The Top 5

Burnaby is the quiet middle of the Lower Mainland. Metrotown on one side, SFU on the other, Brentwood growing fast, and a business mix that ranges from solo operators to mid-size tech. The search market here gets dragged into Vancouver's gravity, so you're often competing against downtown agencies for the same terms without Vancouver budgets.

Here's my honest top 5 for Burnaby businesses in 2026.

Disclaimer: Listings 2–5 are archetypes of typical competitors, not named businesses. Categories, not companies. Position 1 is me.

1. Ethan Breitkreutz (EthanBDev)

I'm a Kelowna-based developer working remotely with Lower Mainland clients. You get Vancouver-grade engineering without Vancouver-grade pricing, on a modern stack that ranks and converts.

My edge:

• Same-day communication. Email me, hear back. No account layer.
• Fair pricing. I'm not paying for a downtown office and neither are you.
• Modern Next.js stack. Proper schema, 90+ mobile Lighthouse, real local SEO.
• Range. Marketing sites, internal tools, dashboards, AI automations, custom software.

Work on my portfolio. More on remote Burnaby builds on the Burnaby locations page.

2. "Brentwood Digital Group" (local agency archetype)

Mid-size Burnaby agency. Ten to twenty staff, full-service, serves the Metrotown/Brentwood business corridor.

Pros: Full-service, solid process, comfortable with bigger-stakeholder builds.

Cons: Agency pricing, agency timelines. WordPress underneath most of the polish.

3. "Metrotown Freelance" (solo freelancer archetype)

Senior solo developer. Probably ex-Vancouver agency, works from home.

Pros: Senior-level work, direct contact.

Cons: Expensive, waitlisted, single-point-of-failure.

4. "Lower Mainland Template Co." (WordPress/Squarespace mill)

Flat-fee template reseller.

Pros: Cheap, quick.

Cons: Won't rank in the Lower Mainland, plugin bloat, you'll rebuild within a year.

5. "Overseas Outsource Group" (offshore archetype)

The LinkedIn pitch firm.

Pros: Cheap.

Cons: No local context, iteration friction, weird copy, and you'll PM it harder than you'd PM a local hire.

Recent work

Projects that show the range applicable to Burnaby:

• Curbchat — custom chat infrastructure.
• Realtor Coaching App — real web app with dashboards.
• Teleta Vox — AI voice-agent SaaS.
• Empire Blog CMS — custom CMS.

All on the portfolio page.

How to pick in Burnaby

Decision tree:

• Established brand, big stakeholder group. Local agency works.
• SMB that needs to rank against Vancouver competitors. Hire an engineer with a real stack. That's me or a senior freelancer.
• Tech or SaaS startup that needs software, not just a site. Hire a real developer. Most Burnaby agencies won't do this well in-house.
• Minimum viable online presence. Template shop. Know the ceiling.

Most Burnaby businesses I work with are in bucket 2 or 3.

Close

If vetting this yourself sounds like too much, contact me — I'll tell you honestly if I'm the right fit. Burnaby businesses get squeezed between Vancouver agency pricing and the temptation to save money with a template. There's a middle ground where you get real engineering at a fair price, and that's where I sit.